Intermediate - Dubai (C1180)

A老公,你看,帆船酒店!
lǎogōng, nǐ kàn, fānchuán jiǔdiàn!
Look, darling, a sailboat hotel!
B哇,漂亮,迪拜太了不起了!
wā, piàoliang, Díbài tài liǎobuqǐ le!
Wow, it's so beautiful. Dubai is amazing!
A海湾也好美!
hǎiwān yě hǎo měi!
And the bay is so pretty!
B是啊,有石油真好。你看看他们,过得多奢侈!
shì a, yǒu shíyóu zhēn hǎo. nǐ kàn kan tāmen, guò de duō shēchǐ!
Yeah. Oil is great, that's for sure. Look at them. They live so extravagantly.
A可是我觉得太高级、太现代了。没有什么传统的阿拉伯文化。
kěshì wǒ juéde tài gāojí, tài xiàndài le. méiyǒu shénme chuántǒng de A1lābó wénhuà.
But I think it's too high-class, too modernized. It doesn't really have any traditional Arabian culture.
B怎么没有?你看,本地女人穿得多传统!还有,到处都是清真寺,比便利店还多。
zěnme méiyǒu? nǐ kàn, běndì nǚrén chuān de duō chuántǒng! háiyǒu, dàochù dōu shì qīngzhēnsì, bǐ biànlìdiàn huái duō.
What are you talking about! The local ladies dress in a very traditional way! Plus, there are mosques all over the place. There are more of them than there are convenience stores!
A好了好了,我们别争了。
hǎo le hǎo le, wǒmen bié zhēng le.
Fine, fine, let's not argue anymore.
B你不是要去免税店吗? 
nǐ bù shì yào qù miǎnshuì diàn ma?  
Didn't you say you wanted to go to the duty-free?
A对哦。
duì ō.
Yes...
B听说这儿的免税店还卖汽车。
tīngshuō zhèr de miǎnshuì diàn hái mài qìchē.
I've heard that the duty-free shops here even sell cars!
A别想了,我们可买不起。
bié xiǎng le, wǒmen kě mǎibuqǐ.
Don't even think about it. There's no way we could afford it.

Key Vocabulary

帆船fānchuánsailboat
酒店jiǔdiànhotel
迪拜DíbàiDubai
了不起liǎobuqǐincredible
海湾hǎiwānbay
石油shíyóupetroleum
奢侈shēchǐluxurious, extravagant
高级gāojíhigh level
现代xiàndàimodern
传统chuántǒngtradition, traditional
阿拉伯A1lābóArabic
文化wénhuàculture
本地běndìlocal
清真寺qīngzhēnsìmosque
便利店biànlìdiànconvenience store
免税miǎnshuìduty-free
买不起mǎibuqǐto be unable to afford

Supplementary Vocabulary

阿联酋A1liánqiúUnited Arab Emirates
豪华háohuáluxurious
穆斯林MùsīlínMuslim
阿拉伯语A1lābóyǔArabic
少林寺ShàolínsìShaolin Temple (in China)
寺庙sìmiàotemple
本地人běndìrénlocal people
免费miǎnfèifree of charge
台湾TáiwānTaiwan